Report No. 31/2012

Affected - Syrian Army, operational capabilities and quality:
- After a two-year civil war, the Syrian army has serious shortages in armaments, particularly the lack of artillery. Still, the army remains quite mobile and capable of conducting rapid operations involving small armored units (mainly post-Soviet tanks and AFV).
- The morale of the troops is quite high - especially in infantry
- The area around Damascus is difficult and its formation will be conducive to local conditions, Syrian troops.
- Ilostan and the operational capabilities of aviation - unknown.
